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    Everest guides fight not only to get to the top, but to get popularity for more customers to climb with them. The only way to get people to pay to get up to the top of the world’s highest mountain was to have a good reputation. Rob Hall the guide for Adventure Consultants, Scott Fisher the leader of Mountain Madness, and Ian Woodall are examples of leaders who made commercialism their highest priority. Rob Hall is a very respected guide on Everest and on this climb he struggles to live up to…

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    Dealing with a traumatic experience can be very difficult for one to overcome. Jon Krakauer, a journalist and avid climber, was contracted to write a story for Odyssey magazine about climbing Mount Everest. While coming down from the mountain, the expedition group experienced many incidents which caused all but 2 of the members to die. Krakauer was uneasy about the expedition to begin with, but coming home as 1 of 2 survivors severely affected his life after the accident. In Jon Krakauer’s Into…

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    intitially begun with the intention of informing, it had been to inform readers of the average climb of the mountain; however, upon the striking of disaster, the impetus lead Jon Krakauer the opportunity and obligation to write a…

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    knowing he wouldn’t survive if he stayed. Rob Hall is an expert climber with a background to prove it. At age nineteen, he began climbing the Himalayas. Hall is built to climb Mt. Everest. In just seven months, Hall managed to climb the highest mountains in all seven continents. The experience Hall has makes him a good…

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    In the article “Don't Climb Every Mountain”, the issue is that mountaineers are starting to take less time to ensure a safe ascent of the mountain. Many mountain climbers are becoming blinded by the thought of success and reaching the summit, that they forget the dangers of mountain climbing. The article also says that the amount of deaths on mountains are increasing. The amount of deaths is increasing due to lack of independent decision making skills and the lack of experience climbers have…

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    stuntwoman in many films and television programs. Soon enough, she had many amazing achievements, such as a 17 hour solo climb up the north face of the Eiger in 1992. In 1996, she went on an expedition with her husband Erik decamp in the Ellsworth Mountains. Here, Catherine fell 20 meters from the summit and suffered a fracture on her leg. In my opinion, both Catherine Destivelle and Alex Honnold are extremely inspirational. My favorite climber is Destivelle because she was the first female to…

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    top of the mountains. It took patience and experience to bring down these prestigious, heavily hunted animals.…

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    The Pyrenees mountains are one of the most incredible mountain ranges in the world. You will never forget it´s lively forests and . It is also home to Europes largest train track, a National Park, and spectacular sights. The Pyrenees National Park is considered ¨one of the most beautiful places to walk or hike in the Pyrenees¨ (Pyrenees). The park is covered in rich green lands with rocketing mountains and crystal clear waterfalls. It is most famous for its astounding mountains. There are…

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    Pale yellow-green grass hills rolled for miles in front of me. A massive ten thousand foot red rocked mountain met these hills, then instantly towered above them. As I took a sip of water, I eyed the summit and felt a little cooler on the hot summer morning. Already heating up I needed to remind myself to conserve water. My journey had just started. Cruising through the empty hills a massive crater came into view. As I the edge of the crater a lake formed by snow melt rested at the bottom;…

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    My friend Jessica and I were brainstorming ideas one Monday afternoon. Over an out of state trip for her birthday. It took us a while to come up with some places. "How about Las Vegas?" she asked. "We're not twenty-one yet, so what's the point of going?" I replied. "How about Alaska?" I suggested. "You know that I hate the cold," she replied obnoxiously. "Grand Canyon!" she blurted out. We both looked at each other and smiled. "Arizona it is," I thought to myself. We decided that we would travel…

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